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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. The two adits on the portal bench have been backfilled. There is still some coal waste on the temporary coal stockpile just east of the 2000 ton coal bin. There are some barrels at the fuel facility on the portal bench, at the waste oil facility on the crusher/screener bench and at the former fire warehouse on the warehouse bench. Some of the barrels contain petroleum products. These items will be collected and removed. The large waste oil tank was empty. There is oil that has collected in the fuel facility basin on the portal bench and this has to be disposed of properly, as well. Three dead birds were found in the oil at this facility. The roads at the east mine were in good condition, including the paved haul road, access roads and light use roads. The main gate was closed but not locked. Mine ID signs were up at the appropriate locations and contained the required information. Disturbed area boundary markers were up at the appropriate locations around the mine site, as well. The culverts and ditches at the east mine were functional, although two ditches will need maintenance soon. The first ditch is the road ditch that lies to the east of the 2000 ton coal bin, next to the road cut. The second ditch is the concrete ditch that is behind the former electrical warehouse. Straw bales were in place around the drop culvert and at the back ditch outlet on the crusher/screener bench. During the inspection, the operator touched up the ditch leading to the drop culvert. Ponds 1, 3 and 4 were dry, Pond 2 was nearly dry. The gated valves on ponds 1, 2 and 3 were open while the gate valve on pond 4 was closed. Pond 4 is the NPDES point. The bin walls for all four ponds appeared to be stable. Pond inslopes were also stable. Spillways were functional. ROM Pile There still is a considerable amount of run-of-mine (ROM) material remaining at the site. Some of the material has been put into the vent shafts at the West Mine. More material will be put into the shafts if the material already in the shafts settles. The pond at the ROM pile was dry. The gated valve was closed. The pond embankment and inslopes were stable. The embankment was well vegetated. Culverts and collection ditches were functional. There was no gullying at the topsoil stockpile. The topsoil sign was up.